John Fleming ( Eng. John Fleming ; January 10, 1785 , Bathgate , Scotland - November 18, 1857 , Edinburgh , Scotland) - Scottish zoologist and geologist , teacher.
| John Fleming | |
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| English John fleming | |
| Date of Birth | January 10, 1785 |
| Place of Birth | Bathgate |
| Date of death | November 18, 1857 (72 years old) |
| A place of death | Edinburgh |
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| Scientific field | Zoology , geology |
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| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London [d] |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Fleming " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Fleming " . |
Biography
Fleming graduated in 1805 from the University of Edinburgh. He was the first to discover fossilized fish remains in 1831 in an old red sandstone in the Scottish Fife region . In addition, he was also the author of The Philosophy of Zoology (1822) and A History of British Animals (1828). In addition, he also wrote Insecta. In: Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopae-dia Britannica, with preliminary dissertations on the history of the sciences ”(1821). He was also interested in theology and tried to connect religious facts with scientific ones.